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1. Bediuzzaman states that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will serve during the 1400s according to the Islamic calendar in the words “ A FACT THAT WOULD OCCUR ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED YEARS LATER …” (The Words, Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - p.354) 1

2. One hadith handed down from our Prophet (saas) states that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in 1400 in the words “People will gather around Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the year 1400.” (Risalat al-Huruj al-Mahdi, p. 108) 2

3. Bediuzzaman has said that Hazrat Mahdi will come “A CENTURY AFTER HIM” in the words “…THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DISPERSE THE DARKNESS IN A CENTURY’S TIME MAY BE THE STUDENTS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).” (The Rays, p. 605) 3

4. Bediuzzaman has said that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a person who is awaited and will come a century after him in the words “…WHO IS TRULY AWAITED AND WILL COME IN A CENTURY…” (Kastamonu Addendum, p. 57) 4

5. The fact that Allah sends a mujaddid, someone who reinvigorates the faith, once every 100 years and that the mujaddid of 1400 according to the Islamic calendar is Hazrat Mahdi (as) is openly stated in the Sunan Abu Dawud in the words, “Allah will raise for this community at the beginning of EVERY HUNDRED YEARS the one who will renovate its religion for it.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, 5/100), in the Letters of Rabbani in the words “A MUJADDID from among the ulama of this community who revives the shariah [the essence of Qur'anic moral values and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas)],” (Letters of Rabbani, 1/520) and by Master Said Nursi in his Barla Addendum in the words, "IN EVERY CENTURY, ALLAH SENDS A MUJADDID (SOMEONE WHO RENOVATES RELIGION)..." (Barla Addendum, p. 119).

6. The great Islamic scholar Imam Rabbani stated that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come 1000 years after our Prophet (saas) within the second thousand years (Islamic calendar) in the words: “The confirmation of the religious law, the renovation of people takes place IN THIS SECOND THOUSAND. The just witnesses of the truthfulness of this cause are the existence of Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) in this period.” (Rabbani, vol.1, p. 611), and “…THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AFTER 1000 YEARS SERVES THIS PURPOSE…” (The Letters, Rabbani, v.1, p. 440).

7. In a sermon preached in the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus in 1327 according to the Islamic calendar, the Master indicated the year 1400 and gave a date for the coming of the dawn in the words; “IN SEVENTY-ONE, al-Fajr as-Sadiq (the break of the dawn, the redness before sunrise) BEGAN or will begin. Even if this is only the first light (first light before dawn) AL-FAJR AS-SADIQ WILL COME THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS LATER,” (Damascus Sermon, p. 23).

According to Bediuzzaman, the years when al-Fajr as-Sadiq will be:

1371 + 30 = 1401 = 1981 1371 + 40 = 1411 = 1991

Accordingly, he points to 1981-1991 as the time when the Mahdi (as) begins to disperse atheism and materialist philosophy, as well as the unjust ideologies that oppose the true religion. He also calls attention to 2001 as the year when these ideologies will be totally silenced and dispersed. (Allah knows the truth.)

REFERENCES:

1. “A FACT THAT WOULD OCCUR ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED YEARS LATER …” (The Words, Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - p.354)2. “People will gather around Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the year 1400.” (Risalat al-Huruj al-Mahdi, p. 108) 23.“A CENTURY AFTER HIM” in the words “…THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DISPERSE THE DARKNESS IN A CENTURY’S TIME MAY BE THE STUDENTS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).” (The Rays, p. 605) 34. “…WHO IS TRULY AWAITED AND WILL COME IN A CENTURY…” (Kastamonu Addendum, p. 57) 45. “Allah will raise for this community at the beginning of EVERY HUNDRED YEARS the one who will renovate its religion for it.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, 5/100)
“A MUJADDID from among the ulama of this community who revives the shariah [the essence of Qur'anic moral values and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas)],” (Letters of Rabbani, 1/520)"IN EVERY CENTURY, ALLAH SENDS A MUJADDID (SOMEONE WHO RENOVATES RELIGION)..." (Barla Addendum, p. 119).6. “The confirmation of the religious law, the renovation of people takes place IN THIS SECOND THOUSAND. The just witnesses of the truthfulness of this cause are the existence of Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) in this period.” (Rabbani, vol.1, p. 611)
Those among the nation of Allah's Messenger (saas) are highly perfected in faith. It does not matter whether they are few in number, even a thousand years passes after the death of our Prophet (saas). Their being perfected in faith serves to the following end: strengthening the Islamic law in its true sense. THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AFTER 1000 YEARS SERVES THIS PURPOSE. Our Prophet (saas), the last Messenger, gave the glad tidings of his coming. The Prophet ‘Isa (as), on the other hand, will come down after 1000 years. (The Letters, Rabbani, v.1, p. 440).7. “IN SEVENTY-ONE, al-Fajr as-Sadiq (the break of the dawn, the redness before sunrise) BEGAN or will begin. Even if this is only the first light (first light before dawn) AL-FAJR AS-SADIQ WILL COME THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS LATER,” (Damascus Sermon, p. 23).